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Gone with the Wind
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- Carreen's round little face became pink, as pleasure struggled with incredulity.†
Chpt 1.5incredulity = a state of not believingstandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in incredulity means not and reverses the meaning of credulity. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
- An odd look came over Charles' face, incredulity and shame struggling with love.†
Chpt 1.6
- There was a look of consternation in them, of incredulity and something more—what was it?†
Chpt 1.6
- She raised an aching head, looked at him with startled incredulity and met the pleading eyes of Mammy, who stood behind Gerald's chair.†
Chpt 3.25 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(credulous) gullible (being too willing to believe)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)